froggy

See also: Froggy

English

Etymology

frog +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɒɡi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɑɡi/
• Rhymes: -ɒɡi
• Hyphenation: frog‧gy

Noun

froggy (plural froggies)

1. (childish or endearing) A frog.

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1. • This little froggy took a big leap

     This little froggy took a small

     This little froggy leaped sideways

     And this little froggy not at all

     And this little froggy went,

     hippity, hippity, hippity hop, all the way home.

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1. • Hop little froggy, hop hop hop

     Hop little froggy, and don't you stop

2. (ethnic slur, offensive) A Frenchman.

Adjective

froggy (comparative froggier or more froggy, superlative froggiest or most froggy)

1. Froglike.
2. Suffering from a frog in one's throat; hoarse.
   • 1938, The American Legion Magazine:

     Absolutely voiceless and baggy-eyed from hours of sour singing, no sleep, and a froggy throat from yelling in ego to be heard atop the rest.

3. Inclined to fight.
   • 1947, Herman Wouk, Aurora Dawn, Simon and Schuster:

     Now jump, if you still feel froggy.

4. Aggressive.
5. Energetic or strong.
   • 2010, Paul J. Roarke, Corps Strength: A Marine Master Gunnery Sergeant's Program for Elite Fitness, Ulysses Press:

     On the days that you're feeling "froggy" (meaning you have plenty of energy) […]

Synonyms

• froggish
• froglike
• frogly
• ranine

Derived terms

• froggily

See also

• anuran
• batrachian
• salientian
• toadish
• toadlike
• toadly
• toady